Nanaimo
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- proper noun
- /nəˈnaɪmoʊ/
- In the South Island district, for example, Margaret Point, a young mother of two, confronted members of her Nanaimo band when she attempted to access welfare payments at the Nanaimo Department of Indian Affairs district office.
- Nanaimo, British Columbia
- Nanaimo, B.C.
- Nanaimo Harbour
Examples
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In the South Island district, for example, Margaret Point, a young mother of two, confronted members of her Nanaimo band when she attempted to access welfare payments at the Nanaimo Department of Indian Affairs district office.
Academic text (2017) -
Meanwhile, the ship Orpheus, heading for Nanaimo to load coal, was approaching Cape Flattery after sailing north from San Francisco.
Academic text (2013) -
I'd consider going home... ...bake a nice tray of Nanaimo bars, lie in bed, watch TV.
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"Who was that couple who dropped you off?" asked an older girl sitting next to me on the swings at Franklyn Street Park in Nanaimo.
Blog text (16) -
She's at Nanaimo, B.C., now taking a cargo of lumber aboard.
Fiction book (2001) -
The temperature around Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, finally rose over ten Celsius (low 50s Fahrenheit) in the last few days.
Blog text (9) -
Inuktun Services Ltd. of Nanaimo, British Columbia, and the DARPA Advanced Technology Office in Arlington, Va., also lent robots and sensors to the lifesaving effort.
Academic text (2001) -
Ah, the pumpkin pie with whipped cream, the deep-dish apple pie with ice cream, the Nanaimo bars, the plates of cookies, fudge, and brownies... divine decadence, or too much of a good thing?
Blog text (20)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nanaimo takes its name from the local First Nation, the Snuneymuxw, whose people lived on Vancouver Island long before the town was made. A helpful way to remember it is that the city's name honours the original people of the place, so Nanaimo is a reminder of their home.